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Engage Ottawa

The City of Ottawa wants your input on the projects, policies, programs, and services that affect your daily life. From open houses to workshops and online engagement opportunities, your feedback helps to shape City decisions.

The City offers residents a variety of opportunities to engage, share information and collaborate. You can weigh in on different online engagement opportunities using the City’s new innovative engagement platform, Engage Ottawa.

Ongoing engagement opportunities

Online engagement

  • Proposal to Expand ATV Trail Network

    • In 2013, a pilot program was introduced for Nation Valley ATV Club members to ride on a designated ATV trail network within the City of Ottawa, in Ward 20. The trail network contains portions of City owned opened and unopened road allowances in Ward 20.

      Over the past few years, the region has seen increasing usage and interest in ATV activities. Three ATV clubs, Nation Valley ATV Club, Rideau Lakes ATV Club, and West Carleton ATV Club are proposing to add new trails to connect their existing network in the City of Ottawa to better connect to their trails in the Ottawa Valley.

      At the request of the clubs, the City of Ottawa is consulting on these proposed trails.

  • Growing food and allowing planters (containers) in residential boulevard gardens

    • The City of Ottawa’s Right of Way branch wants your feedback on potential updates to the Use and Care of Roads By-law (By-law No. 2003-498) regarding growing food and allowing containers in residential boulevard gardens.

  • Newcomer Reception Centres

    • The City of Ottawa is proposing up to two potential locations for newcomer reception centres. 

      Construction will take place at the primary site, 1645 Woodroffe Ave., on the federally owned Nepean Sportsplex property. The secondary site at 40 Hearst Way, on part of the Eagleson Park and Ride, is dependent on funding and other factors.

      We are looking for your perspective on what the City can do to make the newcomer reception centres work in the community.

  • Review of special event by-laws

    • The City of Ottawa is considering updates to how we regulate and support outdoor special events, including a review of both the Special Events on City Streets By-law (No.2001-260) and the Special Events on Private and Public Property By-law (No. 2013-232). For the past few months we have been meeting with interested parties, including festival and event organizers, community associations, the business community, and federal and provincial agencies. After considering all of the input thus far, staff are now looking for comments from the public on some specific recommendations under consideration. Your input will help to determine which recommendations will be presented to Council for approval, which need more consideration, and which should not be included. 

  • A city with a diversified and prosperous economy

    • Imagine an Ottawa where entrepreneurs can seamlessly make their dreams a reality, where our communities and main streets are vibrant and pulsing with economic activity, and where the downtown core is an active hub of innovation and culture.

      We’re taking steps to achieve our goal of encouraging and facilitating economic growth, prosperity, diversification and resiliency across the city. A city with a diversified and prosperous economy would provide equitable access to opportunity for all and make Ottawa a destination of choice to live, work, play, invest, learn, and visit.

  • City Budget 2025

    • It’s your city, your budget, and we want to hear from you! The City of Ottawa engages with residents each year to gather ideas and feedback as it drafts the budget for City Council’s consideration. You have many opportunities to provide your input on items reflected in the budget year-round through your Councillor’s office, committee meetings, social media, contacting 3-1-1 and scheduled engagement opportunities during the budget process.

      Your feedback helps inform the City’s budget priorities and contributes to decisions about investing in a sustainable, secure, and prosperous city for all.

  • Urban Expansion in Future Neighbourhoods

    • The City of Ottawa is growing through the expansion and creation of new neighbourhoods across the City.

      In late 2022, The Province and City approved the new Official Plan that identified new growth areas to accommodate new housing, industry, businesses, parks and cultural assets. 

      Each of these areas will undergo a planning process in keeping with the guidelines for new plan development. This includes environmental, engineering and related background studies, context specific information and public engagement. As each plan area has its own challenges and opportunities, terms of reference have been created to ensure appropriate and sufficient information is gathered to plan each area sensitive to the surrounding neighbourhoods, contexts and to ensure each area is in keeping with the larger goals of the Official Plan.

  • Climate Resiliency Strategy
    • The City is developing a Climate Resiliency Strategy to assess how Ottawa is vulnerable to climate change and identify strategies to mitigate the greatest climate risks.

Engagement events

New Roundabout at Jeanne d’Arc and Fortune Drive/ Vineyard Drive and Accompanying Bus Bay Infrastructure

 

Public Information Session: April 29th, 7 to 9 pm

Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex 1490 Youville Drive, Orléans, ON K1C 2X8

To provide safe bus connections to the new Jeanne d’Arc O-Train Station, the need for a new roundabout at the intersection of Jeanne d’Arc and Fortune Drive/Vineyard Drive, as well as a new bus bay further south on Jeanne d’Arc Boulevard has been identified. 

The project website will be regularly updated as new information is available, including timelines, design plans, and further details.